Motorist dies when car hits bridge support near Elk Grove Village

A Minooka motorist was killed when the car he was driving struck an overhead bridge support on southbound I-290 last night near Elk Grove Village.

The victim, identified at the Cook County medical examiner’s office as Jeremy Fink, was behind the wheel of a 1995 Ford Taurus on southbound I-290 near Biesterfield Road when the blue car struck a bridge support for an overpass, according to Illinois State Police spokeswoman Monique Bond.

Witnesses told authorities they saw the car, without visible brake lights, slightly veering to the right for about a quarter of a mile before the 8:12 p.m. collision, Bond said.

Fink, 23, of the 800 block of Rivers Edge Drive in far southwest Minooka, was dead on the scene, according to the medical examiner’s office.

He was the sole occupant of the car and no one else was hurt, Bond said.

Results of an autopsy scheduled for today were not immediately available.